”I Love Ethel”

Rare footage has come to light from an experimental sitcom in which Lucy and Ethel of ”I Love Lucy“ fame were lesbians. The pilot episode, believed to have been shot in 1956, depicts the two women leaving their husbands, Ricky and Fred, to share their mutual love.

The clip below, nine and a half minutes long, is from the long-lost pilot episode, ”Ethel’s Secret Admirer.“

The footage is actually from my CBC series Comics! featuring Elvira Kurt. The show also stars Albert Schultz as Ricky, Brent Butt as Fred, and Scott Thompson as Ethel.